Folding voting-booth.



No. 654,962. Patented Iuly 3|, |900. C. EUGERT.

FOLDING' VUTING BOUTH.

(Application Bled Ear. B1, 1900.)

PATNT freres.

CHARLES EUGERT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING VOTING-BOOTH.

srncrroA'rioN forming' parier Letters Patent No. 654,962, dateduuiy 31, 1900.

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To all? whom it may concern,.- l

Beit known that I, CHARLES EUGERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in

5 the county of Kings and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Im` provements in Folding .Voting Booths, of which the following is a specification.

This i-nvention'relates to improvements in 1o folding election-booths; and the object of my invention is tov provide a new and improved folding election-booth'which is simple in construction, strong, light, durable and can easily and rapidly` be erected for use and I5 folded very compactly for storage.

zo use, the canvas covering being omitted. Fig.

2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same on the line 2 2 of-Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a detail view of parts.

The booth is constructed with two side frames Aand B 'and the rear frame C, which are hinged to each otherin such a manner that one side frame can be folded on one side ofthe rear frame' and the other side frame on the other side of the rear frame,as shown on dotted lines in Fig'. 3. For this purpose the side standards D of the rear frame C have their outer edges beveled at an angle of forty-five degrees and the inner or rear standards E of the side eled accordingly. The side frame A is hinged to `one side standard of the rear frame O by hinges F, secured to the inner surfaces of the adjacent standards of the frames A and C, so.

frames A and B have their rear edges bev-l end to the upper tiebar J of thevside frame A and is provided at its free end with hookclipsL, which can embrace the upper tie7bar .l of the side frame B when this desk-board is in lowered position, as shown in Fig. 1.

When the booth is to be folded for storage the desk board or shelf K is swung upward between the rear standard E of the side frame A and an upright L', extending from the upper tio-bar J of the said side frame A to the top b-ar M of said side frame, the free end of the said shelf resting against adownwardlyextending clip N, attached to the outer surface of the top bar M of the sideframe A. The shelf is held in raised positionfby the latch O, pivoted to the inner side of the rear standard E of the side frame A. A locking,

bar P, forming the top of the front of the booth when erected for use, is hinged at Q to the front surface of the front standard E'.. of` the side frame A and is provided at its free end with a hook R, that can engage a headed stud R on the front surface of the front standard E of the side frame B atthe top of said standard. When the booth is folded, said lockingbar is swung down infront of the front standard E of the side frame A and isconfined within an angle-clip S on said standard. flhe locking-bar l?A holds the several frames in proper position when the booth is erected for use, and the folding desk board or shelf K also serves for this purpose. r

Acanvas or other fabric or like covering V is attached to the top bars of the side frames A and Band the rear frame `C and is of sufcient widthto lap over on the front of the booth, the free upper corner 'of this covering being provided with an eyelet W', by which it canbe hooked on a hook W on the front of the locking-bar P near or at the swinging end of the same.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-V A folding voting-booth constructed with a wooden rear frame and two Wooden side frames, one side frame being hinged to the rear frame on the inner surfaceof thev rear frame and the other side frame being hinged lto the rear frame onth'e outer srurfaee,-the nad.- A Signed at New York, the County of New jaeentvfaees of the adjacent end standard'soflYork and State of New York, thiSlSthV okay of the rear and side frames being beveled helper# January, A. D. 1900.

mit of folding one side frame on one surface l CHRLS 5 of the rear frame and the other side frame on Witnesses: 4

the other surface, substantially `as herein lH. M. PLANNERS?,

shown and described. 

